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The earth's crust is broken up into a series of more-or-less rigid plates that slide around due to motion of material in the mantle below.  Although the speeds of these plates vary somewhat, they are typically about 5.2 cm/ycm/y. Assume that this rate remains constant over time.

a) If you and your neighbor live on opposite sides of a plate boundary at which one plate is moving northward at 5.2 cm/ycm/y with respect to the other plate, how far apart do your houses move in a century?

Express your answer in meters
 
b) Los Angeles is presently 550 kmkm south of San Francisco, but is on a plate moving northward relative to San Francisco. If the 5.2 cm/ycm/y velocity continues, how many years will it take before Los Angeles has moved up to San Francisco?
Express your answer in years.
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